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Chattanooga Beer Board pauses business after agenda not published; hearings moved to the 15th
Summary
The Chattanooga Beer Board did not conduct hearings or vote on license violations or applications at a meeting this morning because the agenda was not published in advance; the board said scheduled items will be placed on the agenda for the fifteenth.
At a Chattanooga Beer Board meeting this morning, board officials said they could not hear license applications or violation cases because the board’s agenda had not been published in advance and announced that scheduled items will be placed on the agenda for the fifteenth.
Board chair said, "We are required to publish the agenda ahead of time and that's not been done. So that doesn't meet the notification requirements that the city has set for itself as far as notifying the public for meetings." The chair told attendees the lack of a published agenda meant the public was not on notice about the business before the board.
The chair said the board would reschedule items that had been listed for this meeting. "This issue will be rectified and we will have 1 for next time, so anything that was scheduled to be heard now will either go through the regulatory unit," the chair said, and noted that violation hearings would be "passed that to the fifteenth, and the board will have to decide on whether or not to hear it at that time." The chair apologized to those in attendance: "I'm just as unhappy about this as you are ... I do apologize."
Officer Mosier provided staffing updates: "Bertha's on an extended leave," and said "Martha will be back working from home next week." Mosier also described an incoming supervisor: "Cowan, c o w a n. He'll officially start tomorrow. He's been here about maybe 24 years, something like that." Mosier added that Lieutenant Woods would cross-train with the board staff.
A representative for the business identified as Uptown told the board this was a repeated delay: "This is their third time on the agenda, and nothing's been done." The board noted Uptown was not under suspension and that its license remained active.
No motions or votes were recorded at the meeting. The board chair closed the session by saying, "If there's nothing else, this meeting is adjourned." The chair asked staff to place postponed items on the next agenda so they could be heard on the fifteenth.
The meeting record indicates the board declined to take up substantive business because its own notice procedures were not met; board members and staff said they would handle scheduling and training changes before the next meeting.
